Dawn of the Dim

from If I'm Dreaming (EP; 2016) by Ryan Simpson

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So cold, the knife
The blade draws you in
So warm, the light
For those without sin
So blue, the sky
It smiled and held your hand
So soon, the light
Grows dim across the land

I don't know how we have survived
I don't know why hate is alive

So bright, the sun
Its killing heat gives life
So still, the night
The sorrow seems so right
So sleek the gun
Its barrel, cold and smooth
Brings peril soon
Brings the horrifying truth

I don't know how we have survived
I don't know why hate is alive

Swing just like marionettes
Swing to the dance of death
Swing in time with the bombs
Dance around them as they go off
Swing up high, swing down low
Swing as your fathers told you so
Shimmy and shake as the world erupts
Swing and sway 'til you get enough

I need some time to think...

I don't know how we have survived
I don't know why hate is alive

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from If I'm Dreaming (EP; 2016), released September 20, 2016

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